D&D 4E 3 months in and 7 to go - will YOU switch to 4e?

[Ahglock]

With the small amount of information available the most I'll say is I'll buy it. Whether I use it or not depends on what I see once its in my hands.

 

[Mostlyjoe]

I'm going to run something strait laced and then adapt a unique game once I have the new rules down.

 

[Evilusion]

For me it is a wait and see. Some of the information that has been posted I like and some I just hate. Like I said wait and see.

Evilusion

 

[Barastrondo]

Not actually running D&D now, and I don't particularly want to give up my current game (and my players would revolt if I stopped it). If D&D 4e looks like it's going to be a lot of fun, though, we might move to an every-other-week alternation. I'll almost certainly convert the ol' D&D homebrew warhorse to 4e, as 4e seems to be going in ways that I was already going; but actually playing it will depend on whether or not the group wants to give it a shot or keep slinging piles of six-siders exclusively.

 

[The Little Raven]

Interesting. I didn't read 3.x hate from any of the podcast, marketing, or online articles. I simply read that they realized after years of 3.x rules being out there and heavily played by the masses, that they accepted and understood that 3.x has it's failings. Many of them play 3.x now, and have been playing it for years so I doubt that they hate it.

In my opinion, they were tasked to update the game to get some fresh faces, some regular ongoing revenue. As a result they decided that they should really TRY to revise the game to fix the flaws, cater to new players, and sell books. At the same time, they all really DO want to make it fun and enjoyable by the most amount of people. These designers are good, and they love D&D.

It's good business, combined with an honest effort by the designers and developers to make a fun updated version of D&D. That's all I ever got out of it.

QFT.

And especially considering these guys were they guys that made 3.X and all of the supplements that plenty of people here love, I think it takes a big person to look back at their previous work with a critical eye and point out where it went wrong.

Jonathon Tweet's opinion on Power Attack is the perfect example: he thought it was the bee's knees when he wrote it up, but years of experience with it has shown him where his design goal and implementation fell flat.

 

[Crazy Jerome]

I'll pick up 4E eventually, though not in 2008, and maybe not even in 2009. It will still be "new and shiny" for our group when we get around to it.

 

[am181d]

Currently running a game set in "the final days of the 3rd Age," which is set to self-destruct around the time 4e comes out. Will worry about the 4e game then.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I voted "Other."

While I own a half-ton of 3.5 stuff, and am designing a campaign in which to use it, I'm currently playing in a group that uses 3.0 with no apparent majority desire to upgrade/convert.

4Ed is on their radar, but nobody's made any pronouncement about it other than that they feel any decision will be made after I buy the 4Ed Core books to peruse.

And for me, I'm not sure about whether I will or not. I've been playing D&D since @1977, and I really like the current incarnation. Some of what I've heard about 4Ed pleases me, and some disturbs me. Of course, I could say the same of 3.x.

IOW- Time will tell. If 4Ed is a good game, I'll pick it up. If my current cronies like it, then and only then will the discussion begin about what we'll do with it.

But if its not, I'll stop my purchases with the Core and count the days to 5Ed.

 

[Clavis]

I'll probably wind up buying the PHB, so that I could play in a 4th edition game if I run into a DM willing to run it. I don't think I'll be DMing it myself, unless it turns out to be very different game from the one described by the information released so far. I have the same relationship with 3.x edition now; I'll play it, but I absolutely refuse to punish myself by attempting to DM it. I'm so happy with DMing C&C right now, that I can't see what WOTC could do that would make a better game system for my needs. Certainly nothing they've released so far indicates that 4th edition is going to be a better game to DM than 3rd edition was; perhaps there will be slightly shorter monster stat blocks, but there also seem to be many more PC powers and conditions to keep track of.

 

[Cbas_10]

I'll almost definitely at least pick up the new 3 core books....probably give it a test game or two. After that, either 3.5 or 4e will collect dust. If I had to say whether or not I'd get into 4e based on info we have, I'd say absolutely not! However, I remember how 3.0 knocked my socks off, so....I'll give it a fair shot when the actual books are out.